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How Mt Kenya leadership crisis is powering Raila to top seat

President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga shake hands after they reconciled in the famous handshake following the bitterly contested August 2017 Presidential Election. [File, Standard]

Vote-rich Mt Kenya bloc, which for the first time since 1992 looks set to be without a serious presidential contender, has been flipped into a battleground region that could swing the 2022 presidential race.

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